Comments on: Irish Wobble Past Cards

By: Drasail2

Drasail2 — Wed, 04 Sep 2019 19:11:37 +0000

In reply to PC.

Week One in college football reality.
Ian Book 14/23 193 yards 1 TD and rushed 81 yards
Trevor Lawrence (Tom Petty) 13/23 169 yards 1 TD 2 Interceptions
Jake Fromm 15/23 156 yards 1 TD
Jalen Hurts 20/23 332 yards 3 TD and rushed 176 yards
The only cause for concern with Ian Book is that he broke a cheerleader’s nose.
Go Irish!

By: Jake in Cali

Jake in Cali — Wed, 04 Sep 2019 18:33:22 +0000

In reply to chetZ. Unless we figure out the LB position in two weeks, Georgia is going to run the ball all over us and it will be ugly!!!

By: chetZ

chetZ — Wed, 04 Sep 2019 14:58:45 +0000

Lets just acknowledge Georgia presents a really big challenge, as it does for any team playing them at home.
Since the ACC schedule was implemented, we have 1 or 2 or 3 of these types of games each season., and our performance in each defines the entire season.
Hopefully , ND meets the challenge at Georgia, plays well and gets a win, until then we really have nothing to talk about other than Bob Davies’ health and the Cubs..

GO IRISH

By: GOND88

GOND88 — Tue, 03 Sep 2019 22:56:13 +0000

Of all the top ten teams ND’s win is arguably the least impressive and falls far short of the full spectrum dominance displayed by Clemson, Alabama, Ohio St. & Oklahoma. What’s worse is that Ian Book caught a bad case of Everett Golsonitis with his second year regression, sudden lack of confidence and turnover and mistake prone play.

Not to worry, though, as Book just said he had the jitters. The fact that a second year quarterback coming off a CFB playoff appearance suffers from “the jitters” doesn’t inspire confidence in him or the season. No other top ten quarterback complained of the jitters as far as I know.

As others have said I, too, am expecting an embarrassing loss to Georgia. Kelly’s record against ranked teams on the road is abysmal, so the odds aren’t in ND’s favor.

By: John Vannie

John Vannie — Tue, 03 Sep 2019 22:31:19 +0000

In reply to Kevin Welsh. Book saved our season last year, but Clemson gave us a good idea as to where his ceiling is. Louisville simply confirmed it.

By: Kevin Welsh

Kevin Welsh — Tue, 03 Sep 2019 21:46:17 +0000

In reply to PC. You do realize Ian Book is 10-1 as a starter and came off the bench to beat an LSU team 19 months ago which doesn't count in that record even though he won the game? You may think him decent in everything, great in nothing, but I beg to differ. If 91% of the games you start you win, that seems great to me.

By: PC

PC — Tue, 03 Sep 2019 19:51:14 +0000

Fair observations but it’s also week 1- on the road and on prime time. New coach, raucous crowd (for them) and their players came out juiced up. That’s probably a 6-6 team this year. We’ve come along way when we’re complaining about an 18 point win in such a scenario.
Saying all that…I do have tremendous concern about Book. He was overwhelmed by the moment against Clemson and the happy feet I saw that day was back last night. Unfortunately, while some praise his athleticism, I actually see him as quite limited. Okay arm, good accuracy on short ball, decent foot speed and elusiveness but nothing great about him at all. Hard to win in this day and age with a QB who’s decent in everything, great in nothing.

By: Willylumplump

Willylumplump — Tue, 03 Sep 2019 19:21:29 +0000

Agree with all the posts above. Good it was a weaker team or the result would’ve looked like Clemson, Miami etc, etc, etc. BK is still who it was feared he was.

By: Sweet Lou

Sweet Lou — Tue, 03 Sep 2019 18:16:38 +0000

In reply to Farsdahl. Thank you for bringing some logic to the conversation. Notre Dame did not play well, yet still beat a Power 5 team on the road by 3 scores. It was obvious that this is not the same dumpster fire Louisville team as last year. One thing I would have liked to see was ND's backup quarterback take over at the end with about 5 minutes to go. The outcome was no longer in doubt, it would have given him some game experience, and it would have protected Book from senseless injury.

By: Farsdahl

Farsdahl — Tue, 03 Sep 2019 15:32:06 +0000

I agree with everything above, but I do think we’re overlooking some of the positives:
– The secondary might be even better than last year; they took away almost all of the deep routes and were blanketing receivers all over the field.
– The defensive line was as good as everyone thought they’d be.
– Our running backs are picking right up where Dexter Williams left off.
– Louisville is so, so much better than they were last year. This wasn’t nearly the embarrassment that some are making it out to be. It’s still a bit hard to talk about it in the office today, but at least we’re not part of the SEC. (Then again, they don’t really have any shame, do they?)
– The defense made the adjustments necessary after the two opening drives.

We all know what the challenges for the year will be – a huge talent/experience gap at linebacker, Ian Book getting rattled in the pocket, and a line that’s still struggling against more mobile defenders. I also think we’ve still yet to see what the lack of depth and experience at receiver are going to cost us. We can’t lose sight of the things that the team is doing well.